{"id":16445,"date":"2024-04-16T12:28:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T12:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/?p=16445"},"modified":"2025-01-04T16:06:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T16:06:13","slug":"embl-50th-anniversary-in-the-library-fotis-c-kafatos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/blog\/2024\/04\/embl-50th-anniversary-in-the-library-fotis-c-kafatos\/","title":{"rendered":"EMBL 50th anniversary in the library: Fotis C. Kafatos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our special collection is dedicated to Fotis C. Kafatos, who served as EMBL&#8217;s third Director General between 1993 and 2005. Kafatos has made significant contributions to molecular biology and genetics, particularly in the study of insects and their immune systems. His research on the Anopheles gambiae mosquito, which transmits malaria, is of particular importance. The collection includes a wide range of books, series, journals and conferences proceedings related to this field, as well as doctoral dissertations that Kafatos supervised as a Biology Professor at the University of Athens and during his time at EMBL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The collection also contains many publications from the Pontifical Academy of Sciences of the Vatican that Kafatos was a member of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fotis C. Kafatos was very supportive to the library and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.embl.org\/uploads\/r\/archive-of-european-molecular-biology-laboratory\/0\/a\/b\/0ab41a6ab81651d645177fcdb0b6905a6769d7cfe0a60138d3b82f59c33a58d9\/2019_11_8_MaryHolmes_transcript.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/archive.embl.org\/uploads\/r\/archive-of-european-molecular-biology-laboratory\/0\/a\/b\/0ab41a6ab81651d645177fcdb0b6905a6769d7cfe0a60138d3b82f59c33a58d9\/2019_11_8_MaryHolmes_transcript.pdf\">according to Mary Holmes, first EMBL librarian<\/a>, it was during his directorate when our library got its first electronic library system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Acquisition information<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Fotis C. Kafatos personal book collection was part of material donated to the EMBL Archives and later from the Archive to the Szilard Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In our <a href=\"https:\/\/libcatalog.embl.de\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-search.pl?idx=&amp;q=special+collection+kafatos&amp;weight_search=1\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/libcatalog.embl.de\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-search.pl?idx=&amp;q=special+collection+kafatos&amp;weight_search=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Special collection Fotis C. Kafatos<\/a> can be found:<\/p>\n\n\n<article class=\"vf-summary vf-summary--news\">\n  <span class=\"vf-summary__date\"><\/span>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/71CFNwYy4SL._SL1500_-231x300.jpg\" class=\"vf-summary__image\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 180px; height: auto; border: 1px solid #d0d0ce\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/71CFNwYy4SL._SL1500_-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/71CFNwYy4SL._SL1500_-788x1024.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/71CFNwYy4SL._SL1500_-768x998.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/71CFNwYy4SL._SL1500_.jpg 1154w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/>  <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/libcatalog.embl.de\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=28297\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"_blank\">\n          Insect infection and immunity : evolution, ecology, and mechanisms (Oxford University Press, 2009)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">Edited by Jens Rolff and Stuart E. Reynolds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">This book is published on the occasion of the Royal Entomological Society&#8217;s Symposium on Insect infection and immunity in Sheffield, July 15-17 2009.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">Fotis Kafatos was a symposium speakers and contributor to this volume with the chapter &#8220;Comparative genomics of insect immunity&#8221; by Fotis Kafatos, Robert Waterhouse<span class=\"delimiter al-author-delim\">,\u00a0 <\/span>Evgeny Zdobnov<span class=\"delimiter al-author-delim\">,\u00a0 <\/span>George Christophides.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n<article class=\"vf-summary vf-summary--news\">\n  <span class=\"vf-summary__date\"><\/span>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/61qJ0mnJrUL._SL1360_-198x300.jpg\" class=\"vf-summary__image\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 180px; height: auto; border: 1px solid #d0d0ce\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/61qJ0mnJrUL._SL1360_-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/61qJ0mnJrUL._SL1360_-675x1024.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/61qJ0mnJrUL._SL1360_-768x1164.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/61qJ0mnJrUL._SL1360_-e1714481824480.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/>  <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/libcatalog.embl.de\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=5402\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"_blank\">\n          Molecular model systems in the Lepidoptera (Cambridge University Press,1995)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">Edited by Marian R. Goldsmith and Adam S. Wilkins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">This book presents a diverse collection of chapters on basic research at the molecular level using Lepidoptera as model systems. Chapter &#8220;Chorion Genes: An Overview of Their Structure, Function, and Transcriptional Regulation,&#8221; was contributed by Fotis C. Kafatos, George Tzertzinis, Nikolaus A. Spoerel, and Hanh T. Nguyen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fbz4qca\">\n<div class=\"fve4vxu\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n<article class=\"vf-summary vf-summary--news\">\n  <span class=\"vf-summary__date\"><\/span>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Capture-217x300.png\" class=\"vf-summary__image\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 180px; height: auto; border: 1px solid #d0d0ce\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Capture-217x300.png 217w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Capture.png 629w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/>  <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/libcatalog.embl.de\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=11199\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"_blank\">\n          Functional genomics and developmental transcriptomics of the mosquito malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By <span class=\"results_summary author h3\">Anastasios Koutsos<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">Dissertation submitted under the supervision of Fotis Kafatos in 2006.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n<article class=\"vf-summary vf-summary--news\">\n  <span class=\"vf-summary__date\"><\/span>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/s-l960-223x300.jpg\" class=\"vf-summary__image\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 180px; height: auto; border: 1px solid #d0d0ce\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/s-l960-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/s-l960.jpg 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/>  <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/libcatalog.embl.de\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=9763\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"_blank\">\n          Gene structure and regulation in development          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">Edited by Stephen Subtelny and Fotis C. Kafatos<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\"><span class=\"MuiBox-root mui-0\"><span aria-labelledby=\"author-246615742\">Fotis C. Kafatos, coeditor and symposium organizer of the 41st Symposium of the Society for Developmental Biology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 17-19, 1982.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiBox-root mui-164r41r\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiBox-root mui-164r41r\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n<article class=\"vf-summary vf-summary--news\">\n  <span class=\"vf-summary__date\"><\/span>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/010100041673.jpg\" class=\"vf-summary__image\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 180px; height: auto; border: 1px solid #d0d0ce\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" \/>  <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/libcatalog.embl.de\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=28362\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"_blank\">\n          Asteroskopeio skinaka : me thea to sympan (Skinakas Observatory &amp; University Publications of Crete, 2010)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By Makis Palaiologou and Giannis Papamastorakis<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">The author Giannis Papamastorakis included a handwritten dedication in the book to Fotis Kafatos, expressing gratitude for his contribution to the creation of the Skinakas Observatory, as well as his invaluable contribution to world science.&#8221;\u03a3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03a6\u03ce\u03c4\u03b7 \u039a\u03b1\u03c6\u03ac\u03c4\u03bf, \u03c6\u03af\u03bb\u03bf \u03b1\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf, \u03bc\u03b5 \u03b1\u03bd\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u03af\u03bc\u03b7\u03c4\u03b7 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03c6\u03bf\u03c1\u03ac \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03c0\u03b1\u03b3\u03ba\u03cc\u03c3\u03bc\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03ae\u03bc\u03b7 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03ad\u03b2\u03b1\u03bb\u03b5 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7 \u03b4\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03b3\u03af\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u0391\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03ba\u03bf\u03c0\u03b5\u03af\u03bf \u03a3\u03ba\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03ba\u03b1&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n<article class=\"vf-summary vf-summary--news\">\n  <span class=\"vf-summary__date\"><\/span>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/acbe1094-b6ac-4262-816b-e87136603f02-216x300.jpg\" class=\"vf-summary__image\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 180px; height: auto; border: 1px solid #d0d0ce\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/acbe1094-b6ac-4262-816b-e87136603f02-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/acbe1094-b6ac-4262-816b-e87136603f02.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/>  <h3 class=\"vf-summary__title\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/libcatalog.embl.de\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=28363\" class=\"vf-summary__link\" target=\"_blank\">\n          \u0391\u03c0\u03cc \u03cc\u03c3\u03b1 \u03b8\u03c5\u03bc\u03bf\u03cd\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf \u03c0\u03b1\u03bb\u03b9\u03cc \u039a\u03ac\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf : \u039c\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b2\u03cc\u03bb\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf \u0397\u03c1\u03ac\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9\u03bf \u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03b1\u03c1\u03c7\u03ce\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 20\u03bf\u03cd \u03b1\u03b9\u03ce\u03bd\u03b1 (Dokimakis, 2008)          <\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-summary__text\">By Manolis Dermitzakis<\/p>\n<p class=\"vf-summary__text\">A Greek language book that depicts life in early 20th century in Heraklion, Crete, the birthplace of Fotis Kafatos, with an autographed dedication by the author.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our special collection is dedicated to Fotis C. 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